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EventMeister Changelog

What's new in EventMeister 5.4.5.0

Jun 27, 2022
  • Corrected output for Data field in event logs when polling is selected and formats have been chosen.
  • Dropped SHA1 dual code-signing now that timestmp services have been deprecated.

New in EventMeister 5.4.4.0 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • Changes to front end app to improve compatibility with SysInternals tools
  • Effect of CTRL+C in Item Values dlg now more consistent.

New in EventMeister 5.4.2.0 (Jan 26, 2020)

  • Raised max constrained feed capacity for feeds to 20000 items.
  • Updated installer

New in EventMeister 5.4.1.0 (Aug 5, 2019)

  • Added new Administrative custom view for Windows Server 2019.
  • Updated Help file.
  • Updated installer.

New in EventMeister 5.4.0.0 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Added "Treat as Date/time" option in filter rule constraints dlg for Equals, Greater Than and Less Than.
  • Updated installer.
  • Updated Help file.

New in EventMeister 5.3.1.0 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Fix to front end: spurious error on selection of feeds and groups when one or more groups are collapsed.

New in EventMeister 5.3.0.0 (Jun 22, 2018)

  • Scheduled reports: source feed can now be included for reports generated for aggregate feeds.
  • Scheduled reports: aggregate source feed now an option for body of custom reports.
  • Dashboard view added to main window.

New in EventMeister 5.2.1.0 (Oct 8, 2017)

  • Changed URL launch to fix issues with some browsers.

New in EventMeister 5.2.0.0 (Jun 1, 2017)

  • Increased control over formatting of event "Data" field, including named values
  • Added template system to custom eventlog views
  • Can now define exclusion script for noise elimination in custom eventlog views
  • Filters now can be set to include or exclude items according to their defined rules
  • Note: This release changes the file format for feeds. Please back up your data directory before updating

New in EventMeister 5.1.1.0 (Apr 7, 2017)

  • Added Administrative Events custom log definition for Server 2016
  • Fixed problem with bookmarking for custom log definitions.

New in EventMeister 5.1.0.0 (Mar 16, 2017)

  • Improved active directory search in eventlog feed wizard
  • Extended use of bookmarks to catch eventlog entries even during extended downtime.
  • Real-time event feeds using Windows Event Collection technology (WEC) can now start populated with old events.
  • Updated Help and UI to reference WEC explicitly

New in EventMeister 5.0.4.0 (Mar 1, 2017)

  • Path validation for report definitions now more strict
  • Tweaks to text-based report generation to improve efficiency

New in EventMeister 5.0.3.0 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Added: Email component upgraded; now supports STARTTLS, OpenSSL no longer used.
  • Fixed: Notification email page now warns if blank message will result.
  • Installer updated.

New in EventMeister 5.0.2.3 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • Fixed: Added: Can now toggle selected rules in filters, notifications etc. via space bar
  • Installer updated

New in EventMeister 5.0.1.0 (Apr 18, 2016)

  • Fixed: Reports could intermittently appear empty if "Exclude previously exported items" option was used
  • Fixed: Occasional redraw problem when restoring main window from taskbar
  • Fixed: Installer now includes current version of Help file

New in EventMeister 5.0.0.27 (Mar 28, 2016)

  • Added: Multiple reports per feed
  • Added: ODBC export option for reports (MS SQL and MySQL currently supported)
  • Added: New "ID matches" rule for easily including/excluding a list of event IDs
  • Added: User-definable presets for filtering / notification rul construction
  • Added: Redesigned "Copy Properties To" facility for rapid multi-feed editing
  • Added: UI for changing location of the data folder
  • Added: Support for running front-end app and service under different accounts, subject to location of the data folder
  • Added: Internal log more readily accessible
  • FIXED: Better handling of UTF-8 chars in Windows event logs

New in EventMeister 4.4.0.0 (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Added: Additional pages added to Help file.
  • Added: Front end now has optional version check to advise of newer versions
  • FIXED: Handling of domain login credentials for remote machines using Windows Event Log tech has been improved.
  • FIXED: Notification rules using array-based values in data field of eventlog events now extract all the data without truncation.
  • FIXED: Display bug on edit constraints dialog now corrected.

New in EventMeister 4.3.4.0 (Apr 30, 2015)

  • FIXED: A recent bug introduced into EventMeisters own internal log handling has been eliminated. In some cases this could have caused the service to crash.

New in EventMeister 4.3.3.0 (Mar 17, 2015)

  • FIXED: Build-up of temporary files and associated delay in realtime event gathering in certain conditions now fixed in both service and front-end app.

New in EventMeister 4.3.2.0 (Mar 22, 2014)

  • FIXED: Critical event log entries in the right hand pane now use an appropriate icon.

New in EventMeister 4.3.1.0 (Feb 26, 2014)

  • FIXED: Scrolling an aggregate view that is sorted by source feed could result in a crash.
  • FIXED: The "Find" function could fail to locate matching items in the aggregate view.

New in EventMeister 4.3.0.0 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • NEW: Can now define custom views for eventlogs similar to the "custom views" facility in Windows EventViewer on Vista and later, but with the advantage that these views can be used even on older operating systems such as Server 2003.
  • CHANGED: Option to limit notifications to "X in Y Minutes" is now applied on a per-feed basis.
  • FIXED: In some cases a realtime connection to a remote server could become unresponsive without being detected as such. This has now been rectified.

New in EventMeister 4.2.1.0 (Jun 15, 2013)

  • FIXED: A recent change could result in a fatal UI problem when running the front end on 2003 server and Windows XP. This has been corrected. The service was unaffected

New in EventMeister 4.2.0.0 (May 16, 2013)

  • ADDED: test action in notification wizard now grabs most recent record to use as test data.
  • ADDED: Uses additional network enumeration to catch more machines
  • FIXED: Corrected error in view filter logic.

New in EventMeister 4.1.0.0 (Jul 28, 2012)

  • Added menu option to immediately suppress popup and/or email notifications
  • Added limit count to further control frequency of notifications
  • Revised the Help file
  • Fix: Initial poll now processes all available items even if store capacity is limited.
  • Fix: Filter parsing previously stopped at the first disabled rule.
  • Assorted minor interface tweaks

New in EventMeister 4.0.0.0 (May 4, 2012)

  • Collected data is now held in SQLite databases. A range of mature 3rd party tools exist for reading and presenting data from SQLite, thus presenting more opportunities for data extraction, reporting etc.
  • Improved event log parsing. Now makes use of latest technology (where available) to obtain event log data and can read newer event log types such as those for the Task Scheduler, Firewall etc.
  • Date/Time restrictions can now be applied to notifications, constraining notification firing to certain days, timeslots within a day etc.
  • Notifications trigger rules now include sequences, e.g. a notifcation can be set to fire only if an event matches certain criteria and was preceded by other specific events.
  • Filters can now be applied to scheduled reports
  • New report option: export to SQLite database
  • Rules for filters can now be copied/pasted to/from clipboard and saved/loaded to/from file.
  • Handling of timezone and DST adjustments improved.
  • Ability to hold data in non-standard locations has been improved.
  • Numerous usability and presentation improvements

New in EventMeister 3.0.9.0 (Dec 23, 2010)

  • Increased sample of file in text log wizard to cope with files with many header lines.
  • Password no longer shown in feed list export
  • "Poll Now" now available when group is selected, to trigger poll of all contained feeds

New in EventMeister 3.0.8.0 (Oct 2, 2010)

  • Updated email component. Can now send mail via a wider selection of servers and use SSL.

New in EventMeister 3.0.7.0 (Mar 9, 2010)

  • Fixed timezone-related bug that afftected notifications in certain circumstances
  • Fixed taskbar popup notification position on Windows 7

New in EventMeister 3.0.6.0 (Nov 11, 2009)

  • Added new Date/Time tab to Event feed properties. Provides manual control over DST and timezone correction where needed (counters bugs in recent MS patches for Vista/Svr 2008) FIX - csv bug "Export to file". - licensing bug on PCs with registry issues. - date/time text parsing for 12 hr clock

New in EventMeister 3.0.4.0 (Jul 20, 2009)

  • The DST workaround, formerly for US systems running with Microsoft's DST patch, has now been extended to work on UK (GMT) systems. This is to counter incorrect timestamps returned by WMI on systems running Vista / Server 2008 after the installation of Service Pack 2.

New in EventMeister 3.0.3.0 (Jul 4, 2009)

  • Automatic expansion of system error code placeholders in event log entries is no longer applied if the event message appears to contain a URL.
  • Microsoft changed the ordering of events returned by WMI in Vista and Server 2008 with service pack 2 to bring it back in line with all its earlier versions of Windows. To provide support for unpatched systems, you can now tell LogMeister whether to correct the ordering of events as returned by WMI (see the "Reverse Order" checkbox on the Event Log property page of event feeds)
  • As this release changes the format of the feed data files, we recommend that you back up your existing feeds prior to installation. See the Help section on Backing up and transfering settings.

New in EventMeister 3.0.2.0 (Mar 19, 2009)

  • Added DST Correction option as a workaround for a bug in Event Log timestamps introduced by the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time patch on US/Canadian systems.
  • Updated installer. It now takes the following new command line parameters: /SVCACCT="YourAccount" and /SVCPWD="YourPassword"
  • e.g. for a silent install you might use:
  • C:evtmXXXX.exe /SILENT /SVCPWD="zebra" /SVCACCT="ADMIN"

New in EventMeister 2.6.2.0 (Apr 19, 2007)

  • Added ability to change the text that is used to assign icons to event types
  • Improved compatibility with hardware DEP on Vista

New in EventMeister 2.6 (Dec 2, 2006)

  • "Catch events as they arrive" is now the default event log retrieval method.
  • New filter rule, allowing construction of notifications and filters that require a date/time to be within the last X hours or days.

New in EventMeister 2.5.1 (Aug 13, 2006)

  • Added ability to insert placeholders for feed name, computer name etc. directly into the subject line of emailed notifications.
  • The placeholders are replaced with the appropriate value when the email is sent.

New in EventMeister 2.5 (Jun 30, 2006)

  • Added ability to set notification assignments while creating new feeds and editing exiting feeds - Can now force all displays and reports to use 24hr format (Configure menu)

New in EventMeister 2.4.1 (May 2, 2006)

  • Fix: Changes to ensure that the service's copy of the aggregate feed definition is always up-to-date.